Godongwana: Basic income grant decisions won’t be made because of political pressure

Godongwana: Basic income grant decisions won’t be made because of political pressure

Essential: People queue in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, for their basic income grants. Photo: Pieter Bauermeister/AFP If some iteration of a basic income grant is eventually rolled out, it will not be because the treasury has buckled under political pressures, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana said on Wednesday.

He was speaking at a media briefing ahead of his budget speech about how a basic income grant might be financed. “The budget for an election is this one — 2024 is too late to deal with elections,” he said.

“Now if you are saying that we will have pressure to raise taxes next year […]

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